Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Lunar Apparitions Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Spaniards Aversio Humanitatis have delivered a live album comprised of performances of five songs from last year’s LP, as well as four tracks from their prior releases. “Since their formation in 2010, Spain’s AVERSIO HUMANITATIS have patiently perfected…
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Devin Townsend – Devolution Series #2: Galactic Quarantine
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, InsideOut Music Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter There are two types of people in this world when the going gets tough: those that wilt under pressure, and those that seemingly increase their workload. For the latter, please meet DEVIN TOWNSEND. With the pandemic having set…
Epica-We Will Take You With Us (DVD Review)
Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: 2004, Transmission Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I’m on a bit of an Epica kick since the new album came out earlier this year. This was a nice little find I came across in a pawn-shop of all places. I had seen the European version of…
Remembering The Forgotten-2020
Remembering The Forgotten-2020 Times flies! This is my fifth consecutive year doing this column. The greatest pleasure I’ve always derived from all this work in the Metal industry is supporting bands and artists. That is why this column has rapidly become one of my favourite to write. As always, I’ve…
Billion Dollar Babies-Battle Axe (reissue)
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2020, Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to enjoy and review many of the cool box-sets that Cherry Red / HNE Records have been issuing as part of various reissue campaigns. Most of them are reissues and more often than not…
PRETTY MAIDS – Maid In Japan
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Frontiers Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Although it is certainly not a contest, I’m probably the biggest Pretty Maids fan on staff here at Metal-Rules.com. So when the band released their fourth live album, for me it was a no-brainer to review. When I reviewed the…
HIBRIA-Blinded In Tokyo-The Covideo Chronicles-Day Four (April 4, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2012, Cleopatra Records Rating: 3.5/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three…
Flotsam & Jetsam-Once In A Deathtime-The Covideo Chronicles-Day 44 (May 14th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2008, DrivenMusic Rating: 4/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly dissimilar…
WhitesnakeThe Purple Tour-The Covideo Chronicles-Day 47 (May 17 th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2015, Rhino Rating: 4/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly…
BLACK SABBATH-The End-The Covideo Chronicles-Day 23 (April 23, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2017 Rating: 3/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly dissimilar and…
LYNCH MOB-Revolution Live! -The Covideo Chronicles-Day 38 (May 8th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2006, Cleopatra Rating: 2.5/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly dissimilar…
Eternal Silence – Renegades
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2019, Sliptrick Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Cathrine Wendt Italian symphonic metal group Eternal Silence celebrate 10 years with an EP featuring 3 live editions of songs from previous albums and one new song, “Renegades”. They’re a band along the same vein as Lacuna Coil, Nightwish and…
Emperor-Live Inferno (DVD Review)
Reviewed: April 2020 Released: 2009, Candlelight Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP This is one of those weird, sort of unclassifiable products that bug the heck out of me. Is LIVE INFERNO a DVD with two bonus live albums? Is it two live albums with a bonus DVD? The packaging is weird,…
Helloween-United Alive In Madrid
November 2019 Released: 2019 / Nuclear Blast Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: JP It took a while but Helloween’s fourth live album is available…just in time for Halloween! Most fans are aware that the band has been on a very long reunion tour cycle featuring former members vocalist Michael Kiske…
Winterfylleth – The Siege of Mercia (Live at Bloodstock 2017)
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019, Candlelight Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis If there’s one thing the live album format is brilliant for, it is to remind gig and festival goers of the many fun times they had when they caught their favourite bands and artists live. In this case,…